As with the first edition published in 1916, this 1942 edition gives a comprehensive overview of the city of Melbourne including all rail, tram and bus routes. It includes indexes to advertisements, buildings, chambers, localities, and streets. As well, there is a list of the suburbs of Melbourne together with the mileage and how they can be reached from the city. The 100 maps of the city streets give an excellent snapshot of the city in 1942. Other information includes a list of the Justices of the Peace in the City of Melbourne (by street).

This ebook is a the same as the CD version from Archive Digital Books Australasia which is available from Gould Genealogy & other retailers. This CD contains high quality scanned images of the whole original volume, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.